Viewing and changing CICS resources
- View Utility
- The View Utility (option 1) allows you to view and temporarily change the data, but without the
ability to save any changes.
When you initiate the ZDT/CICS editor with the View Utility, this is referred to as being in a "View editor session" (or just "View").
The view function, similar to ISPF view, provides an editor session that works essentially the same as the Edit Utility, but without the need for exclusive access to the data set. It presents you with an interface that is capable of holding your temporary changes to data. This may be useful, for example, for assessing a change but without any risk of altering live data.
The first time you make a change to the data in a View editor session, ZDT/CICS displays the following warning:When you exit from a View editor session by pressing the Exit function key (F3), if you have made a change to the data in the editor session, ZDT/CICS displays a warning as shown in Warning pop-up displayed when exiting from a View editor session if changes made to data. - Edit Utility
- The Edit Utility (option 2) allows you to view and change your data (by
inserting, deleting, or otherwise modifying records), and save any changes you make.
When you initiate the ZDT/CICS editor with the Edit Utility, this is referred to as being in an "Edit editor session" (or just "Edit").
- ZDT/CICS Browse
- ZDT/CICS Browse allows you to view
CICS data, but without the ability to save any changes.
When you start up the ZDT/CICS editor in browse mode, this is referred to as being in a "Browse editor session" (or just "Browse").
From a list of ZDT/CICS resources, to start up a Browse editor session, enter the prefix command, B.
When you start up a Browse editor session, ZDT/CICS displays the relevant ZDT/CICS Browse entry panel.
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These instructions are given within the context of the ZDT/CICS editor. In most cases, you can perform these actions in either Edit or View, in which case the term "editor" is used. Similarly, the term "editor session" can indicate either a View editor session or an Edit editor session.
To display one of the View Entry panels, select option 1 ("View") from the ZDT/CICS Primary Options Menu panel.
To display one of the Edit Entry panels, select option 2 ("Edit") from the ZDT/CICS Primary Options Menu panel.
- Select the records to be displayed.
- Select the fields to be displayed.
- Format how the fields are displayed.
The ZDT/CICS editor displays a full screen of data, and allows you to overtype the data that is displayed. You can scroll the data in any direction: backward, forward, left, and right. It allows you to perform general editing operations by entering primary commands in the command field of the display. It also allows you to perform record-oriented operations by entering prefix commands in the prefix area of the display.
Viewing and changing data setsin the Z Data Tools User’s Guide and Reference.
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